Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability in Events Manager Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2025-12976

6.4MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

WordPress
Status
Events Manager – Calendar, Bookings, Tickets, And More!
Vendor
CVE Published:
18 December 2025

What is CVE-2025-12976?

The Events Manager plugin for WordPress exposes a Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability through the 'events_list_grouped' shortcode. This weakness arises from inadequate input sanitization and output escaping of user-supplied attributes, affecting all versions up to 7.2.2.1. Authenticated users with contributor-level access can exploit this vulnerability to inject arbitrary scripts, which may execute when other users access the compromised pages, putting site security at risk.

Affected Version(s)

Events Manager – Calendar, Bookings, Tickets, and more! * <= 7.2.2.1

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/events-manager...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/events-manager...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
6.4
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
Low
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Changed

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Muhammad Yudha - DJ
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CVE-2025-12976 : Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability in Events Manager Plugin for WordPress